How does the Security Sector Reform Affect Human Security in Serbia? Reassessing the Impact of Security Sector Reform on LGBT People
4 January 2017
Srpski

Hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are motivated by a bias based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. In some instances, LGBT people have been portrayed by the media and politicians as a threatening and inferior group, posing a danger to public health and "traditional" structures, such as marriage and the family. LGBT people continue to experience stigmatization and lack of legal protection from discrimination and hate crime. ODIHR's annual reporting on hate crime has included reports of physical assaults and murders, with transgender people being particularly at risk. Serious physical assaults carried out by groups, especially around pride parades, are also common features of hate crimes against LGBT people.
Recording practices vary, with some states recording hate crimes against transgender persons as a separate category and/or including crimes against intersex people within this category. The number of NGOs reporting on hate crimes against LGBT has grown markedly in recent years. Reports from NGOs to ODIHR suggest that mistrust of authorities, as well as an unwillingness or fear to reveal one's own sexual orientation or gender identity contributes to significant under-reporting of hate crimes targeting this group.
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This number refers only to bias on the grounds of sexual orientation. Crimes motivated by bias against gender identity are not monitored.
This category consists of crimes motivated by a bias based on sexual orientation.
Official data for hate crimes motivated by bias against lesbian, gay and bisexual people (40 hate crimes) and by bias against transgender people (12 hate crimes) were reported separately, but are presented together here.
This category includes 66 hate crimes motivated by bias based on sexual orientation and67 crimes motivated by bias based on gender identity.
Official data on hate crimes motivated by bias based on sexual orientation (one case) and by bias based on gender identity (two cases) were reported separately but are presented together here.
This category includes 32 crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation, and three by bias against gender identity.
This information is based on reports received by the Observatory for Security against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD). Incidents included in the categories of sexual orientation (99) and gender identity (eight) were reported to ODIHR separately but are presented together here.
All hate crimes in this category were motivated by bias against sexual orientation, except for one case of incitement to violence motivated by bias against gender identity.
All hate crimes shown here were motivated by bias against sexual orientation.
Official figures recorded 1,395 hate crimes motivated by bias based on sexual orientation, and 224 hate crimes motivated by bias based on gender identity.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Albania."
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the thirty-fifth session: Compilation on Armenia."
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the forty-fourth session: Compilation on Armenia."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Austria."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Belgium."
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe published relevant recommendations in her "Report following a visit to Bulgaria.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on the Czech Republic."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Denmark."
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the Thirty-seventh session: Compilation on Georgia."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Germany."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Montenegro."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Slovakia."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on Switzerland."
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Ukraine."
The United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity published relevant recommendations in his "Report on the visit to Ukraine."
The European Parliament published relevant recommendations in its "Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine."
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published relevant recommendations in its 2019 LGBTI survey findings, "A long way to go for LGBTI equality."